Wapikoni
In this animated short, Kim Arseneault rebuilds herself and finds the courage to face her anxiety, the monster inside of her.
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MADAH8DO AL8MIWI NIA
- Kim Arseneault
- 2024
- Canada (Odanak)
- s.t. French or English
- 5 min
International Feature Competition
Through a variety of processes and techniques creating an eclectic collage effect, Alexandra Guela tells us the story of her family and her people, the Aromanians.
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MAIA - PORTRAIT AVEC MAINS
- Alexandra Gulea
- 2024
- Romania, Germany, France
- s.t. English
- 91 min
La soirée de la relève Radio-Canada
In this personal short film, memories of the bittersweet departures of those who have left are gently evoked, as if rising from their inert ashes.
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Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
By observing the mundane activities of a quiet street in Mexico City, and a bird's nest that overlooks them, this posthumous minimalist film pays tribute to kind parenting.
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MALINTZIN 17
- Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky
- 2022
- Mexico, Switzerland
- s.t. French and English
- 64 min
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
Through a gentle yet disarmingly frank dialogue with his mother Hilda, Tzotzil director Xun Sero gives us rare and precious insight into the women of his community.
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Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism
A tribute to a group of Lima street mechanics, this ethnographic sensitive and impressionist work presents a timeless journey between realism and reverie.
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MECÁNICOS PIRATAS DE LIMA
- Carlos Ferrand
- 2021
- Canada (Quebec), Peru
- 22 min
New Visions Competition
The youngest of a close-knit clan of five sisters, the filmmaker takes an incisive yet tender look at their mother to capture this figure of contrasting conservative values.
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LES MIENNES
- Samira El Mouzghibati
- 2024
- Belgium, France
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Troubled by the death of her grandmother Miren, filmmaker Malen Otaño examines her family archives in the form of a photographic essay to reveal their hidden meanings.
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National Short and Medium-Length Competition
After 20 years, Rawane Nassif returned to the Msaytbeh district of Lebanon. She touchingly shares her impressions and relationship with the place where she grew up.
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MSAYTBEH, THE ELEVATED PLACE
- Rawane Nassif
- 2024
- Canada, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 21 min